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¨¨§§¨§¨§§§ IN     THE      DEPTHS      OF      MAY. §¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨§¨§§§§¨¨§                                          §¨¨§§§¨§¨¨
§§§¨¨¨§¨§§                ††††††††††                §¨§¨¨§§§¨¨
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§§§§§§§¨§§                                          §¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨ IMAGINE  IF  YOU WILL, A LUSH  BLUEBERRY §¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨§¨§ SPRUCE  FOREST,  WITH  ROLLING HILLS AND §¨¨§§§§§§¨
¨¨¨¨§§§§§§          KNEE-DEEP UNDERBRUSH.           §¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§                                          §§§¨¨¨¨§§¨
¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§§ THE  GROUND  IS SOFT. LEAVES  IN ALL  OF ¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§¨
¨§¨§¨¨¨§¨¨ THE  SEVEN  STAGES  OF DECOMPOSITION ARE ¨§§¨¨§§§§¨
§§§§¨¨§§¨§   PACKED LOOSELY TOGETHER... SOMETIMES   §¨§¨§¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§¨§¨§§¨ THERE ARE  ROCKS.  BIGGER  BOULDERS PEEK §§§§§¨¨§§§
¨¨§§§§§¨§¨            OUT OF THE HILLS.             ¨¨¨¨§¨§¨¨§
¨§¨¨¨¨§§§§                                          ¨¨¨§§§§¨§§
§§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨ THERE COULD BE, SOMEWHERE  IN THE DEPTHS ¨¨§¨¨¨§§¨§
¨§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨ OF IT ALL, A CREVICE FILLED WITH  WATER. ¨§§¨¨§¨§§¨
§§¨§¨§¨¨¨§   BIRD CHERRIES AT THE EDGES, DIPPING    §¨§¨§§§¨§¨
¨§§§§§¨¨§¨ THEIR LONG  FINGERS BENEATH THE SURFACE. §§§§¨¨§§§§
§¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨    WATER LILIES, MAYBE. THE WATER IS     ¨¨¨§¨§¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨§§§¨§§   YELLOW-GREEN WITH POLLEN, AND INSECTS  ¨¨§§§§¨¨§¨
§¨¨§¨¨§§¨§     ARE SWARMING ABOVE THE SURFACE.      ¨§¨¨¨§¨§§§
§¨§§¨§¨§§§                                          §§¨¨§§§¨¨¨
§§¨§§§§¨¨§        WATER STRIDERS, MOSQUITOS,        ¨§¨§¨¨§¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨§¨§§         BACK FLIES, CRANE FLIES.         §§§§¨§§¨§¨
§¨§¨¨§§§¨§                                          ¨¨¨§§¨§§§¨
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§§§§¨§¨¨§§ IN   THIS  CASE   WE  WOULD   USE  DEET, §¨§§¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨¨§§§¨§¨¨ OR DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE AS IT'S ALSO CALLED. §§¨§¨§§¨§¨
¨¨§¨¨§§§¨¨                                          ¨§§§§¨§§§¨
¨§§¨§¨¨§¨¨ DEET SHOULD  BE  APPLIED TO  YOUR  SKIN. §¨¨¨§§¨¨§¨
§¨§§§¨§§¨¨ YOU SHOULD COVER ALL SKIN THAT IS TO  BE §¨¨§¨§¨§§¨
§§¨¨§§¨§¨§ EXPOSED  TO AIR. IT'S OK  TO GET SOME IN §¨§§§§§¨§§
¨§¨§¨§§§§¨ THE  EYES.  RUB  UNTIL  IT FEELS  RIGHT, §§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨
§§§§§¨¨¨§§ UNTIL THE SKIN FEELS GOOD.  LET  IT SOAK ¨§¨¨¨§¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨                   IN.                    §§¨¨§§§§¨§
¨¨¨§§¨§§¨§                                          ¨§¨§¨¨¨§§§
¨¨§¨§§¨§§¨       YOU'VE NOW BECOME POISONOUS.       §§§§¨¨§¨¨§
¨§§§¨§§¨§§                                          ¨¨¨§¨§§¨§§
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